If there is one card we love to see when reading Tarot, it’s the 10 of Cups. This card is especially welcome in love readings, and the positive and idealistic imagery that accompanies this card in many Tarot decks is enough to bring a smile to anyone’s face.
Of course, no card is all good or all bad. Different meanings can be applied to each individual reading, but generally speaking, we have a lot of positive energy going on with the 10 of Cups.
This is the card for happily ever after. The dream is now complete. The happiness is yours. This is the card that comes at the end of struggle and strife, of hopes and dreams, of confusion and ultimate clarity. It is the card of fulfillment that follows the pleasure and satisfaction of the 9 of Cups.
As a 10, this card represents the end of a cycle. When you feel harmony within yourself, you feel harmony wherever you are. This card can represent something such as tidying up your living space and putting everything in order so you feel a sense of peace, or it can represent ending up with the one you love and living happily ever after.
However it is represented, the 10 of Cups speaks of joy, the birthright of us all.
What Does the 10 of Cups Mean?
The 10 of Cups can have the following meanings:
- Embracing joy
- Delighting in good fortune
- Feeling at one with the world
- Enjoying peace
- Relaxing
- Calling a truce
- Family commitment
- Attending a family event
- Forgiveness
- Bonding
- Happily ever after
What Does the 10 of Cups Mean in a Love & Relationship Reading?
If you pull the 10 of Cups in the position of feelings, it means they feel you are the one they want to be with and spend their life with. You bring them joy and happiness. Their feelings for you are as loving as could be. You complete them.
If pulled in the position for how someone sees you, it means they see you as their happily ever after. They see you as someone who can bring them the joy they seek and someone they would like to build a home with.
For what someone wants to happen between you, they want you both to have the fairytale ending. If surrounded by pentacles cards, it means they are ready to take steps to make this happen.
What Does the 10 of Cups Mean in a Career Reading?
In a career reading, the 10 of Cups indicates you have finally found your dream job. The job brings you satisfaction and ultimate fulfillment. It is more than a job to you, and it indicates you have found true alignment with who you are.
This card can also indicate working in an environment that seeks peace and an end to conflict. This could be a role as a marriage counselor or as a political ambassador. It could mean psychiatry, social services, or the mental health profession.
What About the 10 of Cups as an Obstacle?
As an obstacle card, the 10 of Cups indicates there is a need for emotional balance, harmony, open communication, and shared values.
There may be discontent between you and someone else or conflict and discord in your environment.
The 10 of Cups highlights that resolving the conflict will take empathy and honesty. This is a time to park ego to the side and to speak from the heart.
What About the 10 of Cups in Reverse?
Reversed, the energy of the 10 of Cups turns on its head, and instead of a happy home life and inner peace, we see inner turmoil, a broken home, or conflict in the environment.
A reversed 10 of Cups is a sign that something must be done to restore balance, and it will come from open communication and being true to what your heart wants. Where open communication is not possible, it is essential to find inner peace within.
The reversed 10 of Cups highlights a team is not working together. Two people in a relationship may be cold with one another, or there may be too much competition between colleagues in a working environment.
The 10 of Cups reversed is a sign of ego that is out of control and has lost sight of the true purpose of being happy.
How to Make the 10 of Cups Work for You
Repeat these positive affirmations daily to harness the loving and blissful energy of the 10 of Cups.
- I deserve to be happy
- I will do everything possible to feel good
- I will prioritize my feelings
- I care about how I feel, and I will make sure I find happiness every day
- I want harmony, not conflict
- I love myself and the world around me
Joy is the birthright of every human being. Where we do not experience joy, we are in conflict with our inner being. Our inner being wants us to be happy and only sees happiness.
We can find 10 of Cups energy in the smallest things in life. Whether it’s making our favorite hot drink or spending time with our loved ones, this energy can be found everywhere. It is that feeling of peace and contentment within which nothing can affect.
When we focus on the positives and generate happy thoughts, we become this energy, and our vibration spreads to those around us and the world itself. We all seek joy, and it begins and ends from within.
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